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My guess is that our library's digital consortium is probably not going to be getting a lot of new Harper Collins titles. I just don't think they'd be able to afford it, at least not for any seriously popular titles.
I was looking at the hold number this morning for Hillenbrand's Unbroken and it's at 93. Larsson's Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest is at 209. I'm at patron 20 for that title right now. The library has 5 copies. Heaven only knows how many people have already borrowed and read it!
It's only going to get worse too, because a year ago, the library held an e-reader event and while a number of people came, no one at that time who showed up actually OWNED a reader. This year, it was quite different!
I can understand publishers not wanting to grant a never expiring license, but 26 lends per license is just too few. At least they could consider a two or three year license.
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